قایماق

Ottoman Turkish

قایماق

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kańak (cream, kaymak); cognate with Azerbaijani qaymaq, Bashkir ҡаймаҡ (qaymaq), Chuvash хӑйма (hăjma), Karakhanid قَيَقْ (qayaq), Kazakh қаймақ (qaimaq), Kyrgyz каймак (kaymak), Turkmen gaýmak and Uzbek qaymoq.

Noun

قایماق • (kaymak)

  1. kaymak, a creamy dairy product similar to clotted cream, made in Turkic countries
    Synonym: زبده (zübde)
  2. skimming, a film or pellicle of cream formed on milk or other products when boiled
    Synonym: طهافه (tuhafe)

Derived terms

  • قایماق باغلامق (kaymak bağlamak, to become covered over with a pellicle)
  • قایماق طاشی (kaymak taşı, alabaster)
  • قایماق گبی (kaymak gibi, white, smooth, pure)
  • قایماق یاغی (kaymak yağı, fresh butter)
  • قایماقجی (kaymakcı, maker or seller of kaymak)
  • قایماقلانمق (kaymaklanmak, to become clotted cream)
  • قایماقلو (kaymaklı, mixed or flavored with kaymak)
  • كیرج قایماغی (kirec kaymağı, cream of lime)

Descendants

  • Gagauz: kaymak
  • Turkish: kaymak
  • Armenian: խայմախ (xaymax), ղայմաղ (ġaymaġ), կա̈յմա̈ղ (käymäġ)
  • Bulgarian: Каймак (Kajmak)
  • English: kaymak
  • French: Kajmak
  • Greek: καϊμάκι (kaïmáki)
  • Macedonian: кајмак (kajmak)
  • Persian: قیماق (qeymâq)
  • Polish: kajmak
  • Romanian: caimac
  • Russian: каймак (kajmak)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kajmak, кајмак
  • Slovene: kajmak

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